Responsible investment offering
Amundi offers to all client segments a wide range of open-ended funds and tailor-made Responsible Investment solutions that incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions.
Innovation to answer client's needs
How to capture the potential premium of companies on an improving ESG trajectory?
The “ESG Improvers” is a new philosophy aiming to deliver additional Alpha by employing a dynamic approach to ESG with a forward looking perspective, seeking tomorrow’s ESG winners.
Today, Amundi offers one of the first solutions available on the market favoring this new ESG approach across a wide range of asset classes.
Amundi has built a unique solution for an inclusive transition in line with the Paris Agreement.
This strategy supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy monitors a full range of climate-related risks…
- Physical and transition risks
- Carbon footprints
- Temperature alignment
…ensuring that the portfolio is aligned with a transition to a 2 degree world, and working towards 1.5 degrees.
How to finance the recovery post-Covid -19 crisis and long-term inclusive growth ?
In line with our commitment to supporting new sustainable fixed income markets, Amundi has developed its first Social Bond Strategy, which aims at directing investments towards projects addressing social issues or targeting positive social outcomes by investing in social bonds.
Through this strategy, Amundi and its investors will support the expansion of the nascent social bond market, which has experienced a very strong uptick during the Covid-19 crisis and has proven its financing capabilities for both the recovery and inclusive growth in the long term.
Through the launch of the corporate focused EM Green Bonds strategy, Amundi has been establishing its leadership in this asset class and confirming its commitment to support sustainable fixed income markets.
As one of the first solutions available, this strategy provides funding to potentially create positive impact towards the transition to a low-carbon environment in Emerging countries.
Combined benefits of impact investing, attractive yield potential and limited duration risk offer unique investment opportunities to investors on EM green bonds markets.
How to capture the potential premium of companies on an improving ESG trajectory?
The “ESG Improvers” is a new philosophy aiming to deliver additional Alpha by employing a dynamic approach to ESG with a forward looking perspective, seeking tomorrow’s ESG winners.
Today, Amundi offers one of the first solutions available on the market favoring this new ESG approach across a wide range of asset classes.
Amundi has built a unique solution for an inclusive transition in line with the Paris Agreement.
This strategy supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy monitors a full range of climate-related risks…
- Physical and transition risks
- Carbon footprints
- Temperature alignment
…ensuring that the portfolio is aligned with a transition to a 2 degree world, and working towards 1.5 degrees.
How to finance the recovery post-Covid -19 crisis and long-term inclusive growth ?
In line with our commitment to supporting new sustainable fixed income markets, Amundi has developed its first Social Bond Strategy, which aims at directing investments towards projects addressing social issues or targeting positive social outcomes by investing in social bonds.
Through this strategy, Amundi and its investors will support the expansion of the nascent social bond market, which has experienced a very strong uptick during the Covid-19 crisis and has proven its financing capabilities for both the recovery and inclusive growth in the long term.
Through the launch of the corporate focused EM Green Bonds strategy, Amundi has been establishing its leadership in this asset class and confirming its commitment to support sustainable fixed income markets.
As one of the first solutions available, this strategy provides funding to potentially create positive impact towards the transition to a low-carbon environment in Emerging countries.
Combined benefits of impact investing, attractive yield potential and limited duration risk offer unique investment opportunities to investors on EM green bonds markets.
Responsible offering and capabilities
Amundi Responsible Investment offering alonside the value chain.
ADVISORY
Guiding investors in navigating ESG
Whether it be to generate a positive impact, to align your portfolio with ESG or climate target objectives, or anticipate material ESG-related risks, our team of ESG experts is committed to supporting investors in meeting their ESG objectives while respecting their specific constraints.
ESG INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
Amundi investment teams have developed specific expertises to assist our clients in achieving their specific ESG investment objectives by offering a wide range of ESG investment solutions span across asset classes and regions, from broad ESG Integration to specific themes.
Long-Standing player in ESG integration
Amundi, a pioneer in Responsible Investment (RI), has continuously strengthened its ambition to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria through its investment strategies and to reinforce its engagement process to support issuers in making progress.
Since the announcement of its ambitious action plan in 2018, Amundi has established an unprecedented level of ESG integration throughout the organisation. To this end, Amundi has committed to integrating ESG criteria across the entire portfolio management value chain, notably through:
- The systematic integration of ESG criteria within the active investment & portfolio construction process.
- The strengthening of dialogue with corporates on ESG topics through a pro-active engagement policy.
- A voting policy emphasizing Environmental and Social dimensions as top priorities.
This integration is done through :
As part of our “ESG Mainstreaming” approach, all our open-ended funds include:
- An environmental, social and governance assessment of the companies in which they invest,
- The most highly rated companies are favoured, while the lowest-rated companies remain under-weighted, or even excluded,
- With the objective to have a portfolio ESG rating above that of the benchmark or the investment universe.
Selecting the issuers with the best ESG practices within each sector:
- Exclusion of issuers rated E, F, G*
- Average ESG rating of the portfolio ≥ ESG rating of the benchmark/investment universe
- Average ESG rating of the portfolio ≥ C
- Minimum 90% of issuers in the portfolio rated in terms of ESG
Detecting and investing in companies with ESG momentum, which benefit from:
- A solid fundamental investment case and
- An improving ESG profile.
The investment teams aim to:
- Deliver additional alpha by employing a dynamic approach to ESG with a forward looking perspective.
Investment solutions :
- Implementing a complementary risk-based ESG approach.
- Seeking to enhance value creation potential through the selection of appropriate criteria combinations.
Passive ESG solutions, including:
- A large range of ETF & index funds
- Covering theme in geographies & asset classes based on various index methodologies allowing investors to choose among various degrees of sustainability profiles.
As part of our “ESG Mainstreaming” approach, all our open-ended funds include:
- An environmental, social and governance assessment of the companies in which they invest,
- The most highly rated companies are favoured, while the lowest-rated companies remain under-weighted, or even excluded,
- With the objective to have a portfolio ESG rating above that of the benchmark or the investment universe.
Selecting the issuers with the best ESG practices within each sector:
- Exclusion of issuers rated E, F, G*
- Average ESG rating of the portfolio ≥ ESG rating of the benchmark/investment universe
- Average ESG rating of the portfolio ≥ C
- Minimum 90% of issuers in the portfolio rated in terms of ESG
Detecting and investing in companies with ESG momentum, which benefit from:
- A solid fundamental investment case and
- An improving ESG profile.
The investment teams aim to:
- Deliver additional alpha by employing a dynamic approach to ESG with a forward looking perspective.
Investment solutions :
- Implementing a complementary risk-based ESG approach.
- Seeking to enhance value creation potential through the selection of appropriate criteria combinations.
Passive ESG solutions, including:
- A large range of ETF & index funds
- Covering theme in geographies & asset classes based on various index methodologies allowing investors to choose among various degrees of sustainability profiles.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to responsible investing and as a solutions provider, we are committed to developing simple and ready to-use tools to help investors easily implement their ESG strategy depending on their objectives, constraints and the level of ESG focus they wish to implement in their portfolios.
In addition, the expertise of our index team and our proprietary index management tools allow us to develop fully bespoke solutions for our clients aimed at deploying their individual ESG policies.
An expanded range to address investor's various sustainability objectives
SERVICES
To complete our large range of advisory services and investment solutions, we provide our clients with ESG services that can reinforce their commitment to a more sustainable future. To do so, we offer three types of services:
- Engagement and voting: At Amundi, we have defined an engagement and voting policy that we apply to our assets under management. We believe our role is to engage with issuers to allow for constant improvement and awareness of ESG-related topics through dialogue or voting at general assemblies.
- Reporting: As clients need to monitor their financial and ESG guidelines and report the results of their investments, we offer different types of reporting according to the client’s underlying strategy and ESG policy.
- ESG Training & Knowledge Transfer: ESG investing is evolving at a fast pace and Amundi is committed to disseminating best practices, research and thought-leadership through content sharing, high level conferences and training programs.
Standard ESG services are included with Responsible Investment portfolio management when relevant.
STANDARD ESG SERVICES |
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Engagement & Voting
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Reporting tailored to client's ESG objectives |
ESG Training and Knowledge Transfer |
Amundi, recognised for its ESG expertise
Amundi rated A+ in 2020 for the sixth consecutive year for its responsible investment approach*
Environmental Finance Green Bond fund of the Year in 2020, GRECO**
Environmental Finance Personality of the Year 2021, Isabelle Vic-Philippe
Best ESG Investment Fund - Emerging Markets Debt in 2021 for AF emerging Market Green Bonds
Best ESG Investment Fund - Climate / Green Bonds in 2021, for AIIB Climate Bond Portfolio
Best ESG ETF Provider in 2021
ESG Investment Fund of the year for Just Transition
Best ESG Investment Fund: Specialist Fixed Income
Fixed Income Manager of the Year in 2021
Best ESG Strategy Adviser in 2021
Fixed Income Manager of the Year
ESG Investors 2023 in European Securitization
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